Mumbai: Indulge in 'Conscious Cravings' at this store in Pali Hill

Pali Hill is now home to The Conscious Cravings Yoursquoll notice the tasteful decor through the glass doors of this two monthold shop Step in and you feel like a kid in a candy store except that the candies here are healthy vegan evenThe tiny hydroponics garden inside the store sustains itself on a waterbased technique with nutrients provided to the plants for growth minus sunlight soil and extra labour PicsAshish RajeWhen we swing by on a weekday evening founder Sakshi Arora is guiding customers She says the idea behind the store was born from her passion to curate healthy foods With the pandemic necessitating a good nutritional status to fight infection the time to launch the venture was perfectThe product categories are varied and options range from grocery essentials and pantry products to super foods health drinks spices and baby food They also offer hydroponic salads microgreens breads and dips Diet preferencewise segregation vegan keto glutenfree makes it convenient for you to shop by speciality There are labels as well to indicate sections such as healthy snacks flour oils and nut butters We like that a large chunk of the products are created by young artisanal brands from across the country including Pascati Jus Amazing Good Fettle MOOZ Nutlers The Seed Box NutraHi and Country KitchenHere is a curation of items that we picked tried and likedQuinoa dosa batterThe dosa batter is sourced from a young homegrown Mumbai brand named Family Co Itrsquos one that Arora swears by and now we do too Prepared with urad dal lentils oats and quinoa the crepe batter hit the right spot with its taste We had to add some water to bring it to our preferred consistency thoughQuinoa chipotle spicy cupPink Harvest Farms an Indian brand launched by siblings Upasana and Devansh Parasrampuria makes healthy readytoeat snacks with a shelf life of 240 days The spicy cup reminded us of the cup noodles we have ended up having on flights but healthier we hopeVegan cheese from SheeseSheese is one of UKrsquos leading manufacturers and suppliers of dairy lactose and glutenfree vegan cheese products We tried the grated mature cheddar style made using maize starch coconut oil oat fibre yeast extract and modified potato starch The last time we had nondairy cheese it tasted like shredded plastic so this one was a welcome change On heating it became nice and stretchy In fact we even ate it straight out of the package Itrsquos quite close to the real dealSheesham honeyEiwarsquos Sheesham honey is singleorigin honey made from the flowers of the sheesham or north Indian rosewood tree We liked the texture and taste It was fresh and had a firm consistency The label claims it is 100 per cent pure natural pesticide and antibioticfree with no additives or infusions Itrsquos also 100 per cent traceable Scan the QR code on the lid and see where the honey comes fromWhat The Conscious CravingsWhere Genxfarm Agritech Store No 4 Glen Building Ambedkar Road Bandra WestCall 749999444